Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Your Job

Are you a self-directed, motivated individual with experience with heavy mobile equipment? If so, our Savannah, GA Gypsum facility is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic. The Heavy Equipment Mechanic is responsible for performing inspections, services, and repairs on all forms of heavy equipment, machinery, and job site vehicles. Candidates must be able to manage a changing workload driven by quarry production needs.

Compensation: $30/hour and up depending on experience

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's building product business is consistently amongst the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http:www.buildgp.com.

Georgia-Pacific offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, 401(k), accident and sickness, paid holidays and vacations, as well as overtime opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Troubleshooting major and minor repairs and maintenance on all rolling stock to include dismantling, overhauling, and assembling rolling stock equipment and machinery.
• Performing maintenance responsibilities such as blowing off rolling stock with compressed air and/or pressure washing, complete lube changes, oil changes, filter services, and brake adjustments.
• Identifying and listing parts to make needed repairs of mobile equipment.
• Installing and aligning equipment parts.
• Checking vehicle fluids, tires, air filters, and engine coolant and make general repairs when necessary.
• Maintaining clean and orderly housekeeping standards in the mobile shop and maintenance work areas.
• Effectively communicating work performed and equipment statuses both written and verbally.
• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program.
• Working in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
• Performing tasks such as lifting up to 50 pounds, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 (twelve) hours a day.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One year or more of experience as a heavy equipment mechanic or combination of experience technical training/degree
• Experience diagnosing and rebuilding power train components including internal combustion engines, transmissions, and final drive components
• Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, pumps and lubrication.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) years or more of experience as a Mobile/ Heavy Equipment Mechanic
• Associate degree or two (2) years of study from a technical college or school in the fields of Industrial Maintenance or Industrial Technology.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and other PC-based production reporting systems applications.
• Hyster certification or equivalent

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.